Display-case.



H. N. mum

DISPLAY CASE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-3, 12.

Patented N0v,11,1913

MTORNEYS nowimnn LINES, or SABETH-A, Kansas.

DISPLAY-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Xov. 11. 1913.

Application filed August 3, 12112. serial-No. 713,097.

1'?) all whom 2'! may cont-era:

Be itknown thatl. l'low vnn X. lnXI-Is a citizen of the Yul-ted States;.a11d a resident of Sabetha; in the county of. Xeniaha. and :State of Kansas,-. have. invented a new. and ImprovedDisplay-Case. of w'hich'the following is afnll, clean.- and exact description.

My invention relates to a display *ase comprising a box or 'inclosure, and a tray It) contained within the box and adapted to receive the articles to be displayed.

The invention is more particularly nitended for seeds in sin-allpackages but capable of use for any small articles to be exhibited. I

" It is anob ect of my invention to provide a display-casein which the openingof the cover-will automatically lift the tray to a position to effectively displa the goods, and

in which the closing of the cover will. auton atically lower the tray and inc-lose the Silllltf.

For the purpose ,of carrying outv the objecis ofiuj' invention,- a novel 11182111501: supporting the tray and connecting it with the case and itscover, is 'proiided,as willv be hereinafter more particularly explained.

Reference isvto he had to the accompanyin'g drawings forming a part of this specificatioinin which similar characters of retereiice indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective viewof a display.

caseembodying my invention, showing the vsame in open-position; Fig. 2 is a vertical section'showing the case closed; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevation given to.

show the nianner of connecting the forward end of the tra v wi'th thehodv of, the case. and guiding the movement ol" the tray at said forward end: and Fig. i a frag- -nientarv cross sectional view on a larger scale. showing the supporting and guiding means 'for'the front end, of the tray.

In constructing a case c nstii uting a practical embodiment of my invention in the form illustrated; a suitable case it) formed, prefenrblv rectangular, and provided with a cover 11. hinged to the case at the rear end. as at 12. Within the casc'a separate tra)" i is arranged, and the forward end of said tra} has guided sliding movement on the body 10 of the display ca e. in the forin shown, thereare provided on the inner face 'of each side of the case 10 inclinedgrooves 4 ,"-whieh 1nay be produced directly 1n the mate 'ial of the ase, as in the arrangement shown. lhe grooves incline upwardly and rearwardhv from a point adjacent to .the

front side of the use and are adapted to receive trunnions or studs 15 provided on the outer sides of the tray 13.- In connection with the grooving of the case as at 1i,

desirably a wear iron or strip 16 is em- ,ployed, secured to the inner face of each side of the case. the strip being disposed at the said groove 14., following the direction thereof; The saidstrip presents an upper edge. 17 flush with the bottom of the groove 14:, and said groove and strip at the upper inner end thereof; each have adrop, thereby producing a recess 18, in which the stud 15 will be received when the front end of the't-ray reachesthe upper end of its movement. In the preferred form, the strip 16 has a return member 16 spaced from the edge 17 and dash with the upper edge of the groove l-i. so that said return member overhangs the upper end of the groove and forms a wear plate against-which the stud 15 will contact and be guided in the downward movement the tray.

The connection between the cover 11 and the tray 13 is established by means of a link 19. the upper-end of which is slotted. as at 90.. said slot receiving the shank of'a stud ,21 carried by the cover 11. it being understood that a link and stud are provided at each side of the case. Thelower end of each link 1%) is pivoted. as at 22. to a lever 23' at a point lmtwecn the ends of said lever, the lower or rear end of the lever being fulcrunied as'at 24 to the sideof the case 10, as clearly shown in Fig. The forward or front end of the lever 23 is pivot-all} connected with the tray 1 :5. the connection advantageouslv being effected by a stud 2-3 on the side of the tra v. and "a slot 26 inthe end of the lever 23 said slot '26 preferabl being undercut. as at 27. at one side. The arrangement issuch that thetrav may be dis connected from the lever 23 when desired. by the arrangement shown. it will be observed that when the cover ll is raised it has an initial movement indepeinlentlv ofthc tray l iqan'd :ll(l cover and link will niovercltn Lively to each other. the linksiniply swinging with the pivot as as accntcr; when. however, the stud 21 carried by the cover reaches the upper or outer end of the slot 20, the link now will be lifted'bodilywhile swinging onits pivot 22, the result, of which is that the lever 23 will be raised and rocked on its fulcrum 2-1, whereby the outer end of the lever will engage the stud on the side of the tray, said stud being at a point between the front and rear ends of the tray, whereby the t 'ay will have two movements, the one an upward movement with the fulcrum 2i as a center, and the other a bodily sliding movement as the said studs 15 travel in the guideways provided by the groove 14 and elements) 16. The-tray will thus be raised to an inclined position, and rearward of the front end of the display case.

For the effective display of the articles, the tray is divided longitudinally by transverse partitions 30, the bottoms 31 of which are approximately at right angles to the said partitions. .The several divisions of the tray reduced by the partitions are each divided by inclined longitudinal partitions 32 which provide intermediate pockets for the reception of seedpackages or other small articles. The arrangement of the partitions 30 and the bottoms 31 thereof, is such that as the tray is raised upon the opening of the cover, and rocked in a forward direction, it will move-through an angle of forty-five degrees to bring the bottoms 31 of'the trays to approximately the horizontal position, so that seed paclrt nection with the said cover, levers pivoted between their ends to the opposite ends of said links, the said levers being pivoted at one end to the body, the opposite ends of the levers having slots extending through theextreme ends thereof, and pins extending through said slots into the tray, the body having 4 guide slots at the forward end inclining upwardly and rearwardly, and

laterally projecting pins on the front end of the tray, near the bottom, the pins being movable in the said guide slots.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HOWARD N. LINES.

lVitnesses W. C. M'IRICK, J. IV. Warrrns. 

